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Preschool children with asthma during the Covid-19 pandemic: fewer infections, less wheezing.

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Published in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2022)
Preschool children with asthma have been positively affected in terms of PED admission, hospitalization, and asthma symptom control in association with the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown measures. This study revealed that wheezing decreased significantly in the absence of respiratory infection in preschool children with asthma. Namely, fewer infections meant less wheezing.
Keyphrases
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • lung function
  • allergic rhinitis
  • respiratory tract